Bible Verses for Valentine's Day
Friday January 23, 2009
With Valentine's Day only three weeks away, it's time to start thinking about what you might want to say to the ones you love. 
Photo: George Doyle / Getty ImagesIs there a unique expression of love you'd like to communicate this year to your spouse, your parents, your children, or maybe a best friend? The Bible overflows with verses about love, with passages that speak of divine love, brotherly love and romantic love. So to give you a head start, I've put together this collection of Bible verses for Valentine's Day. Here's one example:
Song of Solomon 8:7
Many waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot wash it away. If one were to give all the wealth of his house for love, it would be utterly scorned. (NIV)
Photo: George Doyle / Getty ImagesSong of Solomon 8:7
Many waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot wash it away. If one were to give all the wealth of his house for love, it would be utterly scorned. (NIV)
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How can any Christian promote St Valentine’s Day??? Surely Mary should know that it’s a pagan holiday
She is not promoting it, more so putting a bit of God into the day to help us think about our loves and unity with God. Sort of putting a light in the darkness
More to the point, Valentine’s Day originates in Rome. Its roots are in Lupercalia – a fertility ritual and a celebration honoring the Roman founders Remus and Romulus. The original celebration involved young men drawing the names of teen women from a hat. These young girls would then become the intimate partners of the men who selected them by chance. The men would be expected to provide for their selectees gifts throughout the year. Sounds a bit like prostitution to me. This revolting practice clearly does not take into account the BIBLICAL prohibition of participating in the PAGAN rituals of other cultures.
To be blunt, GOD does not want HIS name enfused into pagan ritual. HE does not desire that we use pagan (SATANIC) celebrations to justify the desires of the human heart.
The Christians in Rome were surrounded by such debauchery. The Caesars in Rome continually attempted to take PAGAN ritual and blend it with “church speak” so that it would be accepted by those of “Christian” beliefs.
Note what the Apostle Paul wrote to those followers of “The Way” in Rome.
See Romans 8:7 – the carnal (Roman) mind is enmity against GOD.
See Romans 1:28 – 32
28 And even as they did not like to retainh God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; 29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, 30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, 31 Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: 32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
Valentines Day is a sick, twisted, counterfeit foisted on humanity by the “Prince of the power of the air”. See Ephesians 6:10. It has nothing to do with true love – and everything to do with lust, fornication and the adulterous heart.
Quite frankly, it should be outlawed! No true follower of Christ would entertain participating in a holiday clearly rooted in the traditions of the Roman’s fertility festivals.
But then, I rant.
Shane –
Romans 14, bro.
Whatever we do, whether bases originally on something else or not, do all for the glory of God. God knows my heart is pure to use this or anyother day to celebrate my love for any individual, for life, for Christ who first loved us. We don’t need a reason outside of what Christ has already done. We love because He first loved us. Were is the love bro.? All that matters in Christ gloriified. AMEN and Happy Valentine’s Day which is a day He created out of His love.
What about the true story of St. Valentine? He stood up against the Romans practices!! Thank God! He believed the decrees of Rome were WRONG and he believed that people should be free to love God and to marry whom they chose. He secretly perfomred services of matrimoney to unite couples of their own free will. He stood up to Claudius and went to prison for his faith and for not renouncing Christ. For this, the emperor sentenced him to a three-part execution of being beaten, then stoned, and then finally decapitated. Valentine died on February 14, 270 A.D. I don’t feel celebrating Valentine’s Day is against Christian beliefs.
St. Valentine was a Christian who stood up to the Roman government. He thought the decrees of Rome were WRONG. He beleived that people should be free to love God and to marry whomever they wanted. He performed matrimony servies to young couples who wished to be married.–against Rome’s wishes. He was also imprisoned for not renouncing Christ and his faith. Because of this he was sentenced to a three part execution of being beaten, stoned, and decapitated. He died on February 14, 270 A.D. Before he was killed, he sent a message to his love signed: “From Your Valentine.” Does this sound pagan to you?
sorry for the double comment, this is the first time i have ever done this.
Pat –
Don’t worry about the double comment. Thanks for stopping by and commenting on St. Valentine.
Seriously, you think of Remus and Romulus on Valentine’s day? I don’t think it’s a great holiday, but I doubt that most folks observing Valentine’s day are (closet) worshipers of Remus and Romulus or willing to engage in prostitution. Thanks for your history lesson, but I think you’re really reaching for a reason to have Valentine’s day.
wow
ive never read such legalistic comments before in all my life
how will you ever attract people to the gospel if you’re so consumed with the legalistics of things, you will simply appear to be an extremist that is unable to relate to anyone in this present culture
IF you were to sympathise with those who celebrate valentines day with a clear conscious, they surely arent thinking about some foreign practice of something resembling prostitution, but is NOW in THIS CULTURE used to show others how much we love or care about them… comon guys relate to the culture you are living in, instead of condoning everything, try to see how this culture sees it : a celebration of love, and then go on to speak of the greatest love of all: how God sent his son to die for us while we were still sinners…
I find the history of Valentine’s Day interesting. To most people they see it as a Hallmark holiday. I think today people need to unfortunately have set aside holidays to celebrate things that are important. What is more important then love. Love is all around us who you love and how you love is between you and those you love and your God. I personally believe in many things. I believe in Christ and Love. It is a powerful thing!Valentine’s Day is a day that reminds us that Love is precious and God gave us the gift of Love, to never be taken for granted. May we all find time to love and appreciate those people in our lives that make life so special. To the places we have yet to see, the people we have yet to meet and to those who bring us love.Love like may be no tomorrow only , every day is a blessing.